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When I add a New Contribution, the Financial Type is required, but it is not preselected.

I would like to set a specific Financial Type as a defualt so it is already selected in the Financial Type dropdown when I click on New Contribution.

Is there a setting for this somewhere? I looked thru all the Admin menus but could not find one.

Thanks

EDIT:

I accepted the answer below about using a hook, but also posted a more detailed answer here: How to create a custom extension/module (with an example)?

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There isn't any such setting to set by default financial type on backend new contribution form.

However you can set it default programatically to a specific FT using buildform hook by calling $form->setDefault(['financial_type_id' => 1]); or JS.

It would be nice to have a config where you could set the default financial type to be so that you don't need to hard code in php/js

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  • ok I am still new to CiviCRM so will have to investigate how to use a buildform hook.
    – jsherk
    Commented Jan 26, 2022 at 17:51
  • Can the buildfrom hook be used on the default New Contributions page, or do I need to create a new custom form to use this?
    – jsherk
    Commented Jul 17, 2022 at 1:35
  • Nope you don't need to
    – Pradeep Nayak
    Commented Jul 17, 2022 at 18:08
  • Ok so maybe I was not clear, but I am asking how do I call/use a buildform hook?
    – jsherk
    Commented Jul 18, 2022 at 2:01
  • Ok, so I was actually looking for an answer of "how do I call buildform hook" ... Can it somehow be used on default New Contributions page? If yes, how? Or do I need to create a custom extension that will call the buildform hook for me?
    – jsherk
    Commented Jul 18, 2022 at 4:24
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You can also use the Entity Templates extension to set up templates of contribution defaults. There can be a few tricks, but if you're willing to update the templates via API you can customize quite well (e.g. set receive_date: null to still have it default to today).

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